Reacting to Summer McIntosh's NEW 200m Fly World Record
7/6/202623 min
Summer McIntosh has done the unthinkable at the Canadian Trials, taking down the longest-standing, hardest women's world record left on the books. Swimming a monumental 2:01.65 in the 200m Butterfly, she has officially erased Liu Zige’s 17-year-old super-suit record.
In this episode, we are diving deep into the technique and race analysis to figure out exactly how she pulled this off. We break down the splits, comparing this historic swim side-by-side with her previous personal best (2:01.99 from World Championships) and the old super-suit mark. We explore how Bob Bowman's coaching influenced her pacing, specifically focusing on that crucial middle 100m where she truly separated herself from history.
Plus, with this "unbreakable" record now gone, we debate which world records are officially the hardest left to beat in the sport. Is it the Men's 200m Free, the 800m Free, or Adam Peaty's 100m Breaststroke? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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Summer McIntosh has finally done it. The hardest female swimming world record has fallen as she goes a new world record in the 200 meters butterfly, a 2:01.65.
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[upbeat music] Bring it.
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A monumental swim to start the Canadian Trials. We're gonna dive into all of our analysis and breaking down how she broke this mark, comparing her previous personal best, where she only just missed the world record going sub 2:02 last year, to the previous world record mark down, which had stood for a